Sensibility and the American Revolution

by Sarah Knott and Sarah Knott

Book Overview

In the wake of American independence, it was clear that the new United States required novel political forms. Less obvious but no less revolutionary was the idea that the American people needed a new understanding of the self. Sensibility was a cultural movement that celebrated the human capacity for sympathy and sensitivity to the world. For individuals, it offered a means of self-transformation. For a nation lacking a monarch, state religion, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807859184
• ISBN13: 9780807859186
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"